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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

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Do you feel dun lamutd. lcv-epsrsoea M
tceA and tndcecrfhabjy miserable. both nkyn1-
caiiy and menteiiys experiencc . ec1os q
auilness or blesting after cating. or q -guoe-
ing. tongue cssat<1. bitter or bed tasto n
mouth. irregular appetite. dizx1neq% frequent
hcadaches blurred cycsiEht. I" floatfn9 specks :
before the eyea nervous prustratton Or ex-
l,.: irritaniiity % tempcr. 6De nesAesI
biting, transient psins here and tIIeee. cd
Iect> drOuBineen AFTER meals, Wnkafulnen -
disturbed and uurcfrcehinw sleop, cul11Ssnf
indeecfioahle feeling OF dread. or OF impe0d-
II you have all. or any considerable numbrr
% those symptoms, you are suffering fron
that most common OF American maIndicor-
b1liotss Dyspepeta. or Torpid Liver, asDociated
with Dyspcpsia. or indigestion. Tho moro
complicated your disease has become. the
greater. the number and diversity OF symp-
toms. No matter what stage il has reecAe5.
Dr. PterccA Golden Medical Di,cOvorI
will subsiue IL, IL taken according 20 dirpt-
lions for reasonable krngth OF time IL NOT
cured complications multiply and Consump-
rheumatism. Kidney Disease. or other grave
maladice are quite liable 20 sct in and SOONER
or later, induce n fatal termination
Dr.. Piercc's Golden Medical Die.
e0very acts powerfully upon the Liver, aud
through that great blood- purifying orsSn.
purities. from whatever cause arising. Il q
eluaily efiicacouS in acting upon the KID
neys, and other excrctory organs, cleansing.
strengthening, and healing their disexscs AZ
disestion and nutrition. thereby building up
both hesh and strength. In nialarial districts,
this wonderful medicine has gained RrUnf
celebrity In curing Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever. Dumb Ague. and kindred discases.
DR.. Ftcrcc's Golden Medical Die
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
TylperH rims

The most magnificent visitor ever
known in the annals of the English court
was the Emperor Nicholas, who, when
lac was here in 1914. left 60, 900 to be
distributed among the servants at Wind
sor castle, while the housckeepcr there
was given parure Of diamonds. worth
CT 900. The six lords who were in wait
ing during his visit each received a
splendid gold snuff box, with the en-
pcror's portrait set in diamonds; each
cquerry and the groom-in-waiting got a
similar snun-boN with his imperial
maicsty's cipher in diamonds; a bushel
of rings, watches and brooches were dis
tributcd among minor functionarics,
60. 500 was given in charity, and $500
for the cup at Ascot, which was contin-
ucd annually for ten years. - London
World
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
ron The HOUs s1-


Laying the cloth is the first thing 10
ne done in setting table, and although
iasn,on Is continually altering the exact
"e'aiis OF the arrangement yet in princi-
PIE 1t rs remained nearly the same for
many years past. Great care is required
In opening the tablecloth to avoid tumb-
ing IT. and for this purpose it should
n's' De placed lengthwise on the table,
opening it only so far as to be still
uouole. The double edge is placed ex-
actiy down the middle of the table and
.hen the upper half is smoothly turned
uown with the hand, but leaving the
ioids apparent and the middle one cx-
act'y corresponding with the central line
OF the table. A soft flannel or felt is
iaiu under the fashionable table linen of
to-day. This gives softness and rich
ness to the appearance of the linen. and
also adds to its durability. An old
''"nket cut to tit the table answers the
same purpose, and it is good use to
put one to when the sides remain firm
ana the middle worn ont. An old
'ashioned way Of spreading two table
clothes is being revived, the upper one be-
ing removed with the dishes, and the
other left for desert. This method obvi-
ates the brushing up of crumbs, that
many object to, and leaves spotless
cloth for the delicate after repast.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
Dangerous CLANS.

In this part of the world clans are
dangerous only after they are eaten, and
then only to some persons; but travel
Ter among the South Sea Islands gives an
account of huge CLAIMS, so big that n
single shell makes an admirable bath for
% child, the very touching of which is
sometimes attended with fatal conse-
qucnces:
Diving for clans generally falls to the
share of the women, and many one has
mot her doom from getting Dipped by
the pondcrous dcntated shell, and so
held prisoner in the depths, never to rise
again. | heard several horrible stories
ou this subject in Fiji and here new ones
grc added to the list.
Quite recently poor fellow, fishing
on one of the Paumotu atolls, dived
ip the bottom of the lagoon. feeling for
pearl oysters, when he unluckily slipped
Dos fingers into gaping clam-shell,
which closed and held him as in vice.
IN. hell lay in hole in the coral so
.uat 1t was impossible to reach the byssus
b.. Which it was moorcd in that safe har-
tho wrctched man, in agony of
ind and Of body, severed his own fin
with his knife and rose to the sur
H.. having, indeed, escaped drowning,
. being manned for life.
There have been other cases where a
diver thus imprisoned has, with greater
elaboration, contrivcd to insert his
..I'o into the shell, and so force it open
efficiently 10 release his other hand.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
MANS HEIGHT.
Men of the Present AS Tall As
Men of the Past.
Giants and Pigmies And Peo-
PIES Normal Stature.

Men of the present day have no occa.
sion to feel Inundated, because they are
not taIlerand larger than they are. There
is no reason, in the discoveries of sci
ence, for the supposition that men, ms n
whole have ever had greater average
height than they have now. For long
time, at Romans, in France, near the
junction of the Isere and Rhone rivers.
there existed deposit of gigantic bones
which lad long been known ms the
Giants Field"
In recent times bones have been ex-
humed there which were believed To bo
human, and which were said 10 he those
Of Teutobodus, the King of the Teutons
who was overcome near the spot by Ma
rius. the Roman neral. The research
cs of Cuvier, however, proved that these
bones together with all the others ex-
humed in the same place, were those of
the dinotherium gIganteum, an extinct
animal OF the tapir species, which meas
ured about twenty feet in length.
The myth of a race of giants has its
counterpart in those other creatures of
the Imagination, the pigmies. These
tabled people, who were SO small that a
stalk of grain was a tree to them, which
they chopped down with tiny hatchets
and brush-hooks, were said to inhabit
Ethiopia. They wercalways at war with
the cranes, but lived on such excellent
terms with the cartridges that they were
able to harness them into their carriages.
They lived at first, according to the
fable, in Thrace, but were driven out of
Europe by the cranes, and took refuge
IN Ethiopia. 1t is now commonly sup
posed that the pigmics were nothing
more nor less than monkeys of small size.
like the marmoset. The pigmy's warfare
with the crane was probably the one grain
OF exact truth which survived in the ira
dtion.
The stories of the pigmies belong with
the fables of the giants The men of
ancient times were OF the same. or nearly
wv '"iiiS uCisilt, uo tnOSc OF the present
day. The doors of the ancient houses.
ancient armor, the Egyptian mummies,
as well as the bones of fossil men, prove
that there has been little or no variation.
Among famous tall men was the Ro-
man Emperor Maximin, whose stature
was seven and three quarters feet Maxi
min was young barbarian, the son of
Gothic father, who first attracted the Mt
tention of the Romans by overcoming
sixteen of their strongest men, one after
another, in a wrestling contest, and, hav-
ing been made centurion, fought and
intrigued his way to the imperial throne.
The normal stature of men and women
ranges between four feet and six
feet four inches. Those who ex-
coed the latter height may be called
giants, while those who are below
four feet are called dwarfs. There
have been dwarfs scarcely one foot six
'"chcS in height, but even these have
been considerably taller than the tabled
pigmies of antiquity. Youths Com
panion.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
NnNeI Orrnineffe PLAYING.

Talk about your Oddities" said a
gentleman, II saw one the other day
.lt de me smile. Mr. John Nun
"..0 YOU know, has splendid steam
Boz 'hc Solar Tip II is fitted up
H.ds,mcIy, but what / want TO tell you
."H' IS ln orguinette. Il plays several
.r huf The way it is made to do so is
old part Of il. Mr.. Mundcll has
...Hei the crank Of the machine TO tho
cunning gear Of the engine Of the yacht
1901 tln result Is. when he wants music
Do. pulls lever and there you arc."--
Philadelphia Call.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
RESTAURANT CALLS.
City Walters Economy of Time
in Giving Orders.
Curious Phrases Applied to
Well-known Dishes.

The diner in cheap restaurants is often
puzzled by strange orders shouted by
walters. The customary waiter laws his
ears back and bowls an order to the
kitchen, as if for the purpose of letting
the whole congregation know what each
member of it intends to eat; then saun-
tiers to the port hole opening into the
culinary department and converses with
the.cook. If he would communicate the
order in a confidential tone and yell his
conversation with the cook il would
please the clients better; but waiter on
% week cannot afford to own or mt
least to exhibit all the graces Of high So
ciety. Like the stage and the gypsy
camp, the cheap restaurant has its pecul-
lar slang and idiom, and it speaks Ian
g'iage that few of the public know. Here
are few of the nouns in its vocabulary
with the definitions thereof in every day
English:
zone, is an oyster stew.
Three on" three butter cakes.
'Pair o. sleeve buttons" is two fish
balls.
'White wings, ends up" are poached
eggs.
Zone slaughter on the pan" is a por-
ter house steak.
Coffee in the dark" and 'slops in a
cup with the light out" signify coffee
without milk.
.'Brown plate o. wheat" and stack
o. Whites" indicates that a customer
wants wheat cakes.
Tea separate, means that the milk
for the tea is not to be poured into the
cup, but served in pitcher.
Cannon balls, ;" are crullers.
"Beef and" means beef and beans.
'Stars and stripes" are pork and
beans. This term also applies to bacon.
Brass band, without leader" is a
plate of beans without pork
Summer time" is bread and milk.
murphy with his coat on, is boiled
potato, unpeeled.
white wings, sunny side up" are
fried eggs.
''Rice BOTH" ''bread both" etc.
means that rice, bread and other pud-
dings are to be served with both wine
sauce and butter sauce
"Rice, hard only" means that rice
pudding is to be served with butter
sauce.
bale o. hay" is corned beef and cab
bage.
Let the blood follow the knife is
! rare roast beef.
''Roly poly is strawberry pudding.
'Soiid shot" is apple dumping.
'Mcaly bustio" is mealy potato.
Ham and" signifies ham and eggs.
''Shipwreck" is scrambled eggs.
Glen fruit is boiled eggs
''Tea no" is tea without milk.
Dyspepsia in snow storm" is mince
pie sprinkled with sugar.
clash no" is hash without onions.
Mystery is hash.
Brown stone front" is another name
for porter house steak.
Chicken from on high" is the best
cut of chicken.
Cosmopolitan" is Neapolitan ice
| cream.
Let the chicken wade through it" is
chicken soup.
Some keepers of restaurants where
these orders have been in daily trans
e
walters to forcgo this style and to com
municatc orders to the cook in every day
English.-Brooklyn Eagle.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
The Efrlh ming nc pce,.

The birthplace Of beer is Egypt. A
papyrus has been discovered on which a
father rcproachcs his son for loungine
about in lavcrns and drinking too much
beer. From the Egyptians the art of
brewing beer descended to the Ethio-
plans. While the Romans despised beer.
the Germans Of the north Of Europe fully
appreciated It's good qualities. At pres
emf the yearly product throughout the
world amounts to l4O. OOO. 900 hcclotrcs.
England taking the lead with As, 900, &
900
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

There arc 5000 species of butterflies
Known, Of which 1000 arc found in the
United states, and that nothing may 90
TO waste, the fact is stated that they
make a good article Of food, tasting not
unlike cream pulls Then there is a
further fact that they would be harder
t. corner than wheat. Detroit Free
Press.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
no. Ycrn Acon,n ,n o1lnffnn.

Tromp--"wn you give me few
ccntsF'
Gent---'T never give anything to beg
gars
'You never give anything TO bcggars.
DO you think I'm going to become a
bloated bondholder just to accommodate
your II you do you arc fooling yourself
badly. ~ Siftings.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
\ knowing Waiter.

IT I1Ur1nt
n inghtlully bald customer has just
begun Dol, dinner when hc suddenly calls
'.. waiter and points 20 hair in the
"u
Where did that come FRONT"
I' must bc mOnsicur's."
I"a customers evidently much fiat
replies.
80 doubt,m good fellow, 40 doubt
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

Or elsewhere. ned = tonic row ana then "A
srstAin them under growing inarmftie.L No
safer CT more thorough invigoraat for AZ And
the delicate can b found than Ho<tetfer, :
stomach Biefsr-. . seasonAb1e medicine in
those ailuenss OF commonest occurrence
liver smp.aint. md eesttsn and bowel disor-
derss . pnrs botanic safeguard ayAlnat mala-
.. and reliable means OF counterar ting
rneumAttsm- To the convalescent. IL Il = val-
liable aid IN the recovery OF strruxth. and a,
the debltta'cd. nervous invalid Il yislds tran
factors in the restoration OF vixor. Befnw "a
purely bStAnic origin. il 10 free from tho,r OBJ
1ect ons urSci against mineral remedies DIM
TEN, and whic h impair tho tone OF the 81 ON,
sch. which the Bttcrs. on the CONTRARY
st engthens and 10 yalat.s II II g dorsed And
prescribed by the medical fraternity.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
More Necessary man Lopc.

81 love you" he protested, "bctter
than my life. would die for you il
necessary"
'Oh, nouscnsel" replied the practical
girl. "Swear to me that you viii get
up and make the fires, and I'll consider
your proposition. THE Judge,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

On account OF their inability to dixest food,
will find NEST marvellous food and remedy
in ScoIT's EMULSION of Pure Cod Liver o
with Hypophosphites. Very pa'ataSle and
easily gested. DIR. - w. COHEN, OF Waco,
Texas. says: Il have used your Emulsion n
Infan'iie wasting with good results. IL no,
only restores wasted tissues, but gives strength
and increases the appetite am glad to use
such ri able article"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

"TArew Phyutc g. the Dsx~''
When Il 10 the old-fashion, a blue masa bin
pill sort. and taS.st on using DIR. Pierce 4
"f'ieasAat Puryative psslets' = modern med 4
calluxury. b.ing sm all. n rar-coated erAnnle 4
containing the active principles of certain
70 rs and herbs. and which wilt be found 10
contain As much cathar &c power as any o. the
o,d.fdshionet. larger pill without IL latter
thoroughiy but hsr -nlessly. estsb i.hins : p~r-
manentiy healthy action OF the Sc ,macr and
equalcd.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

wifc-Now that you have bought a
COW, who will milk IL!
Husband oh, be says the calf does
that So Wen have all the milk we
want. Life.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

little fire is quickly trodien out
which, being sun cred, rivers cannot Quench."
crastination may rob you of time. but By
increased diligence you can make up The loss;
but IL t rob You o. life the loss Is irreine
III your health II delicate, your appetite tickle,
your sleep broken. your mind depressed, your
whole being out or Sc rs, depend on Ii you are
esriously diseased. In ali such cases DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" will
speedily effect n genuine, radical curc-make
n new man of you and save you from the tor
lures OF lingering disease.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

Piles. fstulm, rupture and strict
ure radically cured Book of particniars IN
cents In stamps. Wor DIS Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, ". "
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

ffl,ct.d with sore eyes use DIR Isaac Thomp.
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell al 25c. per bottl,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

3 months treatment for soc. Piso's Remedy
for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

ROYAL GLUE mends evcrythingl Broken
China, Glass. Wood. Free Walls at Drugs a. Gro
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

Gunpowdcr is n prime nece ssity in moder,
Marfars - =
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

machine has been invented that will sew
on 400 buttons in a day.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

Daughters. Wives and Mothers.
Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases, fres
securely sealed. DIR. j. Il. Marchisi, Utica N Y
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
/. a lIttle flre is quicsly ,rodaen ont

A bachelor discovering his clothes full OF
holes, exclaimed: Mend can't
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05
Sabbath brcakers-the waves at Newport.

Piles Cured for lj Cents.
DIR. WALToN's CURE ron PILES is guara n
teed To cure the worst of piles. Price ~
cents. At druggists, or mailed Istamps takenl
by the
WALTON REMEDY Co. CLEVELAND, O.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

fast man is usually very s.ow when 4,
comes To pa , ing HIS debts.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

Who ever saw suffering woman
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-05

Areceiving teller-a gossiping woman.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-04-28

of the cradles was paper bearing the following
words written in pencil: i have abandoned you
because am unable to support you, and rs / can
not live without you. am about to drown myself
and take of you The two children have
been sent to the HOspice DIES Enfants ASsistes,
where several offers to adopt them have already
been received"
Suggestions:
1. Have faith in God Heb, IL 23) 1t is
evident JOehebed trusted Providence would
devise escape.
q Infanticide in all forms is thoroughly
wicked. Queen Victoria brought Joy to mill
lions of parents by forbidding the drowning of
babes in the Ganges.
3. Use human means, and God will supple
ment your efforts Amram and Jochebed pre-
ter.
4. Sisters should be kind to little brothers.
We think well Of Miriam when we see her
anxiety for Moses.
D. Little boys should be glad we live in
land not oppressed. No Pharaoh can order
them to be killed. Thank God for civil liberty
and rights.
O. God says to parents, ministers, Sunday
school teachers, Take these children; nurse
them for me; care for their souls; teach them
to grow up good men and women and / will
give thee wages" Nourish the children for
Christ God will richly reward all our pains
Our youth are in danger Of wicked PharaOhs,
Nile streams of evil, human crOcOdiles The
world abounds in iniquity. Temptations are
on all sides. Let every father be an Amram
busy IN constructing arks of safety; let every
woman be praying, wise JOchebed, watch
ing, ingenious Miriam. Brothers depend much
on mothers and sisters.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-04-28
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